Croatan National Forest

Croatan National Forest

Address:141 E Fisher Ave New Bern, NC 28560Phone:252-638-5628Web:www.cs.unca.edu/nfsncSize: 161,000 acres. Location:Eastern North Carolina, on the coast between Morehead City and New Bern. Accessible by US 17 and 70; NC 24 and 58. Nearby cities/towns include Morehead City, New Bern, and Swansboro.Facilities:3 campgrounds, dispersed camping, picnic sites, boat ramps, fishing piers, nature trails, 4 wilderness areas.Activities:Camping, fresh and saltwater fishing, boating, canoeing, swimming, hiking.Special Features:Diverse ecosystems ranging from freshwater pocosins to longleaf pine savannas to salt marsh; Cedar Point Tideland Trail, a short National Recreation Trail that showcases the ecology of an estuary; Neusiok Trail, a 26-mile trek from the Newport River to the Neuse River; White Oak River, with some of the finest blackwater bass fishing in North Carolina.

The area he hunts the most is Catfish Lake Impoundment, an 800-acre public waterfowl hunting area in Croatan National Forest that is open on Tuesdays, Saturdays and designated holidays throughout the waterfowl season.

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